Rufous-naped Lark

Rufous-naped Lark
adult
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Alaudidae
Genus:	Mirafra
Species:	M. africana
Binomial name
Mirafra africana Smith, 1836

The Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana) is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.

Range

The Rufous-naped lark's range is very large, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 5,600,000 square km.^[1] It is found in the following countries:

Angola Botswana Burundi Cameroon Congo Ivory Coast Gabon Guinea Kenya

Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mali Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda

Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Habitat

Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

The race sharpii is sometimes (e.g., by Sibley and Monroe) regarded as a separate species, named Somali Lark (note however that there is another species, Somali Long-billed Lark M. somalica, which is called Somali Lark by some authorities, e.g. Clements).

Adult M. a. athi

juvenile, Serengeti, Tanzania

See also

• Bird anatomy

External links

• BirdLife International (2008). Mirafra africana. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 May 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of Least Concern.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Compilers: Stuart Butchart, Jonathan Ekstrom (2008). "Rufous-naped Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". Evaluators: Jeremy Bird, Stuart Butchart. BirdLife International . http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8104&m=0. Retrieved May 6, 2009. 

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